title: Interrupted inferior vena cava in asplenia syndrome and a review of the hereditary patterns of visceral situs abnormalities.
abstract: We present the clinical and postmortem findings of the first photographically documented case of asplenia and interrupted inferior vena cava and the anatomic findings of 5 previously reported cases. A brief review of the various hereditary patterns of visceral situs abnormalities suggests that, at least in some cases, the asplenia and polysplenia syndromes are etiologically and pathogenetically interrelated.
authors.affiliation: Instituto di Cardiologia, Universita'degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari Sardinia, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruscazio
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Van Praagh
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Marrass
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Catani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iliceto
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Van Praagh
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D013154:Spleen / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities*